Man convicted of similar sex crimes years apart

5:14 PM,
Dec. 30, 2013

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Ray Cobia will spend the next 7 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted earlier this month of impersonating a law enforcement officer to sexually assault two teens.

That's 3 1/2 years longer than he served for his 2004 conviction for impersonating a law enforcement officer to sexually assault a 17-year-old female.

Visiting Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge John O'Connor imposed Monday's sentence after Cobia pleaded guilty earlier to criminal child enticement and to serve a one-year prison sentence for that. But Cobia, 43, of Sharonville, went to trial on five other counts - ...